Method and apparatus for enhancing audience engagement via a communication network

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing first monitoring information associated with an audience that is viewing a presentation, determining an actual audience engagement level by performing pattern recognition on the first monitoring information, comparing the actual audience engagement level with an expected audience engagement level to generate an engagement score for the presentation, and transmitting, to a device, a haptic feedback according to the engagement score during the presenting of the presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A server device, comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 analyzing monitoring information associated with a presentation to identify a presentation feature associated with audience engagement, wherein the presentation feature is associated with a characteristic of a technique of the presentation, and wherein the monitoring information excludes data outside of time periods of active presenting; 
 receiving an expected audience engagement level generated by a presentation engagement model according to the presentation feature that is identified; and 
 comparing an actual audience engagement level with the expected audience engagement level for the presentation to generate an engagement score for the presentation. 
   
     
     
         2 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise filtering raw monitoring information to generate the monitoring information that excludes data outside of time periods of active presenting. 
     
     
         3 . The server device of  claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the raw monitoring information associated with a presentation. 
     
     
         4 . The server device of  claim 2 , wherein the filtering the raw monitoring information is further according to the time periods of active presenting. 
     
     
         5 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise submitting the presentation feature to the presentation engagement model to generate the expected audience engagement level. 
     
     
         6 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise submitting an audience feature to an audience engagement model to generate the actual audience engagement level. 
     
     
         7 . The server device of  claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise analyzing the monitoring information to identify the audience feature associated with audience engagement in the presentation. 
     
     
         8 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise analyzing presentation activity of the monitoring information to identify the time periods of active presenting. 
     
     
         9 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving prior monitoring information associated with a prior presenting of the presentation, wherein the prior monitoring information includes presentation features that are associated with the characteristic of the technique of the presenter in the prior presenting;   receiving a prior audience engagement level associated with the prior presenting of the presentation; and   training the presentation engagement model to generate the expected audience engagement level based on the prior monitoring information and the prior audience engagement level.   
     
     
         10 . The server device of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting to a notification device, a notification based on the engagement score, wherein the engagement score is determined during the presentation, wherein the notification is transmitted during the presentation, and wherein the notification includes a suggestion for improving the engagement score based on a modification of the characteristic of the technique of the presenter. 
     
     
         11 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a plurality of actual audience engagement levels according to a plurality of audience features associated with a plurality of audience engagements for a plurality of portions of the presentation; and   transmitting a notification indicating the plurality of actual audience engagement levels associated with the plurality of portions of the presentation.   
     
     
         12 . The server device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting to a notification device, a notification based on the engagement score. 
     
     
         13 . A method, comprising:
 analyzing, by a processing system including a processor, monitoring information associated with a presentation to identify a presentation feature associated with audience engagement, wherein the presentation feature is associated with a characteristic of a technique of the presentation;   receiving, by the processing system, an expected audience engagement level generated by a presentation engagement model according to the presentation feature that is identified; and   comparing, by the processing system, an actual audience engagement level with the expected audience engagement level for the presentation to generate an engagement score for the presentation.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the monitoring information excludes data outside of time periods of active presenting. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising filtering, by the processing system, raw monitoring information to generate the monitoring information that excludes data outside of time periods of active presenting. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, by the processing system, submitting an audience feature to an audience engagement model to generate the actual audience engagement level. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising analyzing the monitoring information to identify the audience feature associated with audience engagement in the presentation. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 analyzing monitoring information associated with a presentation to identify a presentation feature associated with audience engagement, wherein the monitoring information excludes data outside of time periods of active presenting;   receiving an expected audience engagement level generated by a presentation engagement model according to the presentation feature that is identified; and   comparing an actual audience engagement level with the expected audience engagement level for the presentation to generate an engagement score for the presentation.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the presentation feature is associated with a characteristic of a technique of the presentation. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 analyzing the monitoring information to identify an audience feature associated with the audience engagement in the presentation; and   submitting the audience feature to an audience engagement model to generate the actual audience engagement level.